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braves
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Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (TV) Genres: adventure, comedy, drama, fantasy, thriller Themes: alchemy, conspiracy, Homunculi, military, steampunk, tragedy Plot Summary: Two brothers lose their mother to an incurable disease. With the power of "alchemy", they use taboo knowledge to resurrect her. The process fails, and as a toll for using this type of alchemy, the older brother, Edward Elric loses his left leg while the younger brother, Alphonse Elric loses his entire body. To save his brother, Edward sacrifices his right arm and is able to affix his brother's soul to a suit of armor. With the help of a family friend, Edward receives metal limbs - "automail" - to replace his lost ones. With that, Edward vows to search for the Philosopher's Stone to return the brothers to their original bodies, even if it means becoming a "State Alchemist", one who uses his/her alchemy for the military. ---------------------------------- For those who have been living under a rock for the past few months, this show will reboot the anime franchise, while following the manga storyline. Bones will be handling the production on this series as well. Seiji Mizushima (director) and Michiru Oshima (music composer) will not be returning from the first FMA series. Yasuhiro Ire will be the director instead and Akira Senju will be the composer. I'm excited for this new series, especially now that FUNimation is streaming the series a few days after the JP broadcast. At the least, I'm expecting that this series will be better than the first series simply because it sticks closer to the manga.  Or maybe it's thought of a new composer coming in that's giving me that expectation.
I kinda wished that this series would be longer, considering that it's starting from the beginning, but it could work at around 50 episodes (which is what I've heard it'll be). We'll see. Can't wait for April 9. 
EPISODE INDEX (Clicking the links below will take you to the approximate post where we start discussing the content - story, characters, production, etc.) Note: This thread has plenty of manga spoilers, therefore spoiling future events even when all that's supposed to be talked about is the corresponding episode. With that in mind, read at your own risk. Episode 1- Fullmetal Alchemist Episode 2- The First Day Episode 3- The Heretic City Episode 4- An Alchemist's Distress Episode 5- Rain of Sorrow Episode 6- The Road of Hope Episode 7- The Hidden Truth Episode 8- Research Laboratory 5 Episode 9- Created Feelings Episode 10- Separate Paths Episode 11- The Miracle at Rush Valley Episode 12- One is All, All is One Episode 13- The Beasts of Dublith Episode 14- Those Who Lurk Underground Episode 15- Emissary From the East Episode 16- The Footsteps of a War Comrade Episode 17- Cool-Headed Flames Episode 18- On the Palm of an Arrogant Human Being Episode 19- The Death of the Undying Episode 20- The Father Standing Before a Grave Episode 21- The Fool's Progress Episode 22- Distant Backs Episode 23- The Girl of the Battlefield Episode 24- Within the Stomach Episode 25- The Door of Darkness Episode 26- Reunion Episode 27- Interlude Party Episode 28- Father Episode 29- Struggle of the Fool Episode 30- The Ishbal Annihilation Campaign Episode 31- The Promise Made For 520 Cenz- N/A Episode 32- The Son of the Führer Episode 33- The Northern Wall of Briggs Episode 34- Ice Queen Episode 35- The Shape of This Country Episode 36- Family Portrait Episode 37- The Original Homunculus- N/A Episode 38- Clash in Baschool Episode 39- Daydream Episode 40- The Dwarf Inside the Flask Episode 41- Hell Episode 42- The Signs of a Counterattack-N/A Episode 43- Bite of the ant Episode 44- A Full Recovery- N/A Episode 45- The Promised Day Episode 46- The Creeping Shadow- N/A Episode 47- Messenger of Darkness- N/A Episode 48- An Oath Made in the Underground Episode 49- Familial Affection- N/A Episode 50- Upheaval in Central Episode 51- Army of Immortals-N/A Episode 52- Everyone's Power Episode 53- The Flames of Revenge Episode 54- Beyond the Raging Fire Episode 55- The Adults' Way of Life Episode 56-The Return of the Führer-N/A Episode 57-Eternal Leave-N/A Episode 58-Sacrifices-N/A Episode 59-Lost Light and Episode 60- Eye of Heaven, Gateway of Earth Episode 61- The One Who Swallowed God Episode 62- The Violent Counterattack I'm not exactly how far I'll go with this index, but for now I'll try to keep it up to date. Edit: Fixed an error. Last edited by braves on Mon Jun 21, 2010 7:52 am; edited 54 times in total |
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David.Seth
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ok, so i know nothing about FMA. I would see bits here and there on adult swim, but really, I don't know anything about the show (plot, charaters, etc). But I keep hearing how good it is. so the question is: do I need to watch the original series before this one? or can i start watching this brotherhood installment?
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rainbowcourage
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Erm, I'm pretty sure that's up to you. No one knows how good the new series is going to be, so it's tough to make a comparison right now. I would treat them like separate series, so if you're in the mood for one of the best fantasy shows out there, go ahead and watch the original. |
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David.Seth
Posts: 453 Location: near SF |
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oh i will get to the original series. believe me. but since this brotherhood franchise is right around the corner, i was just wondering if i would need to watch the first to understand this one.
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braves
Posts: 2309 Location: Puerto Rico (but living in Texas) |
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If that's the case- then no. The original series was based off of the manga to begin with (at least for most of the first half). So no prior knowledge will be needed to watch this one seeing as it'll start over with the manga's storyline. |
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David.Seth
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ah thanks. it always seems I'm a few years behind in anime. but this time i wanted to take advantage of the fact Funi is streaming this almost simultaneously as its being premiered in Japan. I figure the more people who visit Funi's website, the more this type of distribution may occur in the future.
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penguintruth
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This series will have to be quite a bit longer than fifty episodes if it's going to follow the manga storyline, even if they skip some of the material that we already saw in the first one. I'm guessing one episode per chapter, and there's ninety-three thus far, even though may be wrapping up (maybe Arakawa is doing one hundred?).
Anyway, I'm equally a fan of the manga and the first series, so I really didn't see the point of entirely new series, and feel like it's probably just a big cash grab. Nevertheless, I'm still jazzed about having more FMA to watch. Especially since Romi Paku is returning as Edward Elric! God, what an amazing voice actress. For those of you who need reminding of FMA's key elements... ("Brotherhood" is a strange subtitle for the new show, since I always felt the Elric brothers seemed closer in the first series than in the manga.) |
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ikky
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Seeing how it's by BONES, we are guaranteed a high quality production animation-wise no matter how it turns out, which is enough to get me excited at least.
I am happy the voice actors of the brothers are the same as in the original series. I am curious how the new secondary character roles will do, especially Winry having a less experienced VA. |
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Mushi-Man
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I've been looking forward to this series for a while, mainly to see if it ends up being any good. I have a strong fear that Brotherhood wont be as good.
Also, I know that most people say it's going to be closer to the manga this time. But I never saw any statement saying this. So I think the plot is still up in the air. Of course I think it's more likely that it's faithful to the manga, but I'm just keeping my mind open here. It could go and do what the first series did and take it in a whole new direction. I'm happy that they decided to change the director this time. I'm really not a fan of Seiji Mizushima. And I'm looking forward to seeing how Yasuhiro Irie does in the driver's seat. Also, I'm glad that Funimation is going to be streaming the episodes on their website so quickly. They've really been on top of this stuff lately and I hope it stays that way. |
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Zalis116
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I'm just glad Funi licensed "FMAB" flat out upfront before any episodes aired. That way we avoid the fansub chaos that the first series degraded into. Sure, it'll probably still get subbed despite the existence of Funi's streams, but it least it won't be like FMA1 where you had groups stopping and starting it all over the place. Back in late 2004, I wasn't DLing any anime for myself, so I got the whole series on 14 or 15 CDRs from a friend. I remember watching along through the first half, thinking, "Hey, these files are pretty good," and then once the mid-30s/early 40s eps came around, it was "wtf is this crap?!? Winly? Ishvaru?"
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Westlo
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Hiroshi Ohnogi is the writer for FMA, the composer is Akira Senju who I think will do a goob job based off all the bgm they have used in the CMs. |
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S.Canton
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I haven't really gotten into FMA, but I have friends that rave about it. I've seen a few seconds here and there, and at the very least I think the visual quality will be quite high.
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arachneia
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To be fair, the licensed translations don't make perfect sense either. There is absolutely no reason for the name Elizabeth to be abbreviated into Riza, and I feel that Resembool had something to do with the word "Resemble." Winley also makes more sense than Winry, and I also think Ishvar is a better transliteration than Ishbal, but your mileage may vary. |
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Altorrin
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(To be fair, the licensed translations don’t make perfect sense either. There is absolutely no reason for the name Elizabeth to be abbreviated into Riza, and I feel that Resembool had something to do with the word “Resemble.” Winley also makes more sense than Winry, and I also think Ishvar is a better transliteration than Ishbal, but your mileage may vary.)
Actually, I’ve heard of Resembool being written as Leisenburg (German for City of Giants) before. |
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arachneia
Posts: 415 Location: On the wings of Bob Lennon |
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"Lei" would be pronounced as "lie," though, wouldn't it? But the German city suffix makes sense. Good call! |
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